Tommy Hayden took a much deserved win at the AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike championship round staged as the final race of the Red Bull USGP weekend by defeating Yamaha’s Josh Hayes.

The race quickly split into a pair of battles, Hayes and Hayden fighting over first while Blake Young (Suzuki) and Suzuki’s Roger Hayden tore through a contest for third.

Back at the front, Hayes continued to lead lap after lap while closely followed by Hayden, while Roger tried desperately to find a way past Young for third.

With eight laps to go, Roger Hayden slid up the inside to take third from Young and with five laps to go, Tommy Hayden capitalized on a mistake from Hayes in the Corkscrew and regained the lead as the duo exited the world-famous track feature.

Holding the Yamaha rider off through the next three laps, Tommy took the white flag while threading through traffic. Hayes wasn’t ready to concede defeat, however, taking the lead back oh-so-briefly and then trying again in the race’s final turn. Slicing across Hayes’ front wheel, Tommy slammed the door on the defending champ and tore across the finish line, taking the win by .233 seconds.

Roger Hayden and Young charged the finish side-by-side, Young suddenly diving a wheel forward to claim third by a mere 0.045 second.

Today’s race results have narrowed the points margin between championship leader Young and runner-up Hayes to five, 311 to 306. Tommy Hayden’s win boosts his points tally to 263.